Adani Energy Solutions Appoints Arvind Sharma As Chief Information Security Officer & Rahul Bhutiani As Chief – Strategic Customer Acquisition
Adani Energy Solutions Limited appoints Arvind Sharma as Chief Information Security Officer and Rahul Bhutiani as Chief – Strategic Customer Acquisition, both effective October 22, 2026.
Arvind has been an integral part of the Adani Cybersecurity team since joining the Group in 2021. Over the last several years, he has played a pivotal role in strengthening the Group’s cybersecurity governance, risk management, compliance, privacy, and cyber assurance capabilities. Most recently, he served as Head – Governance, Risk & Compliance, with responsibilities spanning cybersecurity governance, enterprise risk management, privacy, mergers & acquisitions cybersecurity, and cybersecurity assurance across the Group. He has delivered on CISO responsibilities across multiple business environments and has been instrumental in driving cybersecurity due diligence and integration activities for key acquisitions, including ACC and Ambuja, while also establishing and maturing enterprise-wide cybersecurity governance, risk, compliance, and privacy programs.
He holds a Master of Science in Information Systems from the United States and brings over 23 years of experience in cybersecurity. Prior to joining Adani, he served at DXC Technology and IBM India.
During his five-year association with Adani Group, Bhutiani has successfully led the marketing functions of solar and wind businesses across domestic and international markets. In this new role at AESL, he will drive commercialization of merchant power and demand aggregation across data centers, the company said in a release.
He holds a B.E. (Electrical) and an MBA (Marketing) and brings over 32 years of experience in Sales & Marketing. Prior to joining Adani, he worked with Anagram Finance, Tata Telecom, Reliance Infocom, Dell Computers Inc., and Brand Capital.
